Hey friends, so I was curious how you guys go about this. Generally I stick to one build at a time, but if I hit a snag, waiting on a product before I can continue, I'll futz with something from another project. Add in a 4 year old, who I hand off a lot of my builds to, to destroy within 36 hours of finishing; it changes the tide a bit lol. Right now, I have a P-40, Mitusbishi Zero, Refueling tanker, B-25 and Corsair; I hop between. Hectic for sure, but it definitely keeps that "bordem period turned, let's rush a few things" in check. What say you? Assuming more than one, what's the highest number of builds you had going at once? Happy Monday guys!

Funny that you ask this question as I am pondering it as well right now. Normally I place all my efforts into one kit at a time. Now I have tossed my hat into several group builds within this forum. That has taken me to a different level that I am not use to being at; working multiple kits at once.

One involves a large amount of scratch building, another with a large amount of after market detailing, and one being built straight from the box. I do not have a real answer for your question, but I am eager to see the other responses that follow.

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Ben

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Currently I've got a bit more than usual. I usually have 3 or 4 projects going.

Tamiya Ducati panigale - at the decal stage

Hasegawa 1/48 f-14 - solving fuselage fit issues

Minicraft 1/144 ec-121r - filling and sanding

Roden 1/48 t-28b trojan - ready to close up the fuselage

Tamiya 1/48 wildcat - interior parts base painted.

Like others, I get to a stage on a kit that needs to dry/set etc so I'll set that asside and move on to another one. Sometimes, like with the f-14, I just get frustrated and dont want to think about it for a bit.

I typically stick with one kit at a time. I have puilt two P-39's at the same time, it was a double aircraft kit. I assume if I ever go to build two of the same type of aircraft again I could do them both at once.

I do plan on building a 1/72 C-130 as "Fat Albert" in the future, and to keep me from screwing up the paint like I did the last time I'll have a 1/72 F/A-18 Blue Angels Hornet to work on while I'm waiting for paint to dry. I don't see myself building more than two kits at a time. I just don't have the space on my desk for anymore than that. Really don't have space for more than one, lol.

If so , you are da man ! 82nd too ! that's where my Brothers proudly served . Now , as to multiple projects . I do this ALL the time . Why ? Well , being the Vice - President of Modeling at the new braunfels Train Museum breaks up my bench time for my projects .Not thinking I'll start something different and then realize I already have a project going . T.B.

I usually have at least 2. While something is drying on one can work on other. I might consider doing more if they were the same kit. i.e I have quite a few A-7 kits that would all have the same paint scheme.

I currently have 8 going at once in 1/48 scale. 4 P-47D's - 2 of which are Razorbacks, a P-47M, 2 P51B's - one with a vacu-form Malcolm hood, and the Tamiya fuel truck. The P-47's are all being done in different paint scemes from the 56th and will be displayed together. The fuel truck is going to be displayed with one of the P-51's.

At the moment, I have a wide variety of underwing and belly fuel tanks done for all of them, all the cockpits and a couple pilots done, 5 red P-47 nose cowlings with engines and props done, 4 of the P-47's wings have been modified with brass gun barrels, some fuselage modifications have been completed on the P-51's for resin replacement engine exhausts, and the fuel truck is in the final stages of completion. Pretty close to buttoning up the planes and performing a long paint session. They all have different paint schemes, but many of the colors are the same, so I'll have to spend some time figuring out the best order for spraying.

I'm building Monogram, Tamiya and Hasegawa kits, and it's interesting to see the differences between manufactures. They all have errors, and, for all the extra money the Hasegawa kit cost, it is barely more complicated than the Monogram ones.

In the past I used to just focus on one kit at a time, but every now and then I would build two at once. In this case there's a theme for the displays, and it just made sense to do them all at once.

I tend to model as an excuse to buy books, or at least I model to physically encounter what I read about. So once you start to model P-47s. the 56th, or other wise F4U's, Fletcher Class DD's and the Pacific ETO, there's a lot of value in the library that can be built on the shelf or online.

I agree. Reading and doing research on each project is my favorite part. In fact, the research usually leads to other projects I'd like to do. I have quite a library, but the internet has been a great boon for additional pictures and information.

Guess what ,? Besides my Naval design time and ship duty I rely heavily on Jane's for a lot . Now as to plans ,well , I use multiple sources including my own library . Most plans I have done myself and rescued after these many moves over the years .

My exposure to Fincantierri and their techniques let me inject some modernity to some . There are many paper What Ifs? T.B. Many are partial hull designs and mentally designed deckhouses go there . Sorry no hard copies .

I have 3 going now, the most is 5. I do finish projects all the time. Before, I had every thing done. That was odd, to have models done at once. I always have kits in various stages. I never like have nothing going on.

It seems that I usually have several going. Recently (like last week) finally finished two. Funny thing is that there were the two newest. Seems I kinda lost interest. Here is what is going in order of start times:
1/20 Ma.K Gans
1/32 Revell F4
1/48 VF-1A Macross fighter with weapons
2 different Gundams
1/8 Resin Alien Zenomorph
1/20 AMC Toyota Hilux - Finished (Project Top Gear Toyota)
Games Workshop Imperial Knight - Finished

I've got over a dozen kits started, maybe more. A couple are assembled and in the painting and decaling stage, others are partially assembled.

I usually get started on a kit, with enthusiasm, and build until I hit some technical snag, like a tricky masking job, for example, or PE and rigging on a 1/700 ship. Then I wind up looking to some other kit to start in the meantime, and another build is consigned to the Shelf of Doom.

Years ago, as a New Year's modeling resolution, I picked out 12 stalled builds, and resolved to work only on those kits till I had them finished, not starting any new builds. I also resolved not to buy any more kits in that year. Making a resolution of it helped me a little bit; I finished half of them, and I made it till July of that year, before I broke my resolution to join a group build on some forum or another. I also held out buying any kits till that time.

Since then, I've also gotten some help with this, when our club chose "Shelf of Doom" as our annual build theme. At the beginning of the year, everyone picked a stalled build from his SoD, and we showed them at our February meeting. The goal was to finish the build by December. I finished my original selection, then I worked through three more. It really helped having that theme, to stay motivated.

I've done other builds, completely, and in short time, but I've also stopped joining group builds, and I don't participate in our club's monthly theme builds. I just can't build fast enough to make the deadline.

1. Monogram's old Lockheed Constellation. This one is active, but I'm stalled at the point of doing the two-toned color scheme

2. Otaki's P-51D in 1/48. Basic NMF is on, need to do decals

3. Wave's 1/20 AFS kit. Basic suit is assembled, I'm redoing the limb joints with epoxy putty. That one will go in a diorama with another suit kit.

4. Minicraft's XF5F, to be finished as a what-if USMC ground attack plane. Major assemblies done. I got stuck because I decided to open the nose and show off the guns.

5. Nichimo's copy of Monogram's old 1/48 SB2C, started for a group build. It is a terrible copy of a kit that already has problems. The outer wings are thinner in chord than the inner wings.

6. Monogram's P-80 kit. Painted and awaiting decals, but the ones I have for it have me daunted, especially a marking that runs from the nose to the waist and has to be cut over the weapons bay hatch.

7. Monogram's Tom Daniel Red Baron Hot Rod, started years ago for a car group build. Mostly assembled, but there were some short-shot pieces, and I had to go ahead and strip the chrome like an idiot.

8. HobbyBoss' 1/700 USS Arizona 1941, which I converted to the USS Pennsylvania circa 1935. Assembled and basic colors laid on, awaiting PE. But it's my first time working with PE, so it has sat now since the original ship group build from 2010.

9. Hasegawa's 1/700 USS Essex. Adding the hangar deck, and correcting the kit to depict the Essex herself, not a generic version of an Essex (stern AA position needs to be corrected, which requires some surgery).

10. Lindberg's F11C Goshawk (started, cockpit detailed, but incorrectly, before I had good references)

OK, now I have 4, in order, the 1/48 TriMaster Me 163, just finishing the Pitot tube and antennae, the finishing is done. A Trumpter Marder 1, a Hochkiss captured tank with a 75 mm AT gun on it. Only have to decal and dull coat it. A 1/32 Hasegawa Me-163 I started for fun as I just finished the 1/48 one. I had extra stuff around, so what the heck. It is under assembly now. The lest one is a ICM 1/48 Spitfire Mark 9, also put together, ready for paint. I have the new Meng Panther Aust A and a Takom BergePanther in the lineup.

I have bunches in the stash, a thousand or more. Really I have only a couple on the so called "shelf o doom". I just build them, l never get very hung up on things. Been doing this for decades. It is still fun.

I'm retired now, my wife keeps me busy enough, my daughter and her family are great. The one thing that fouls me up is dialysis three times a week. Could be worse. In a few years i could get a transplant.

It depends on how much time you have.I am retired and have thirty projects at once.Twenty of them are super detail and ten w/ metal finish.All aircraft.Also I have a few rotary wing aircraft in 1:35 and 1/32 scale super detailed.( open-up) .I have a wall shelf w/ individual shelf space for my projects.I just pull one project down to work on.I have a holding area shelf on the back side area for the completion phase of the build.Airbrush area included .

Lol, I’m retired too and find I don’t have enough bench time due to other life things that need tending to. Now with cooler weather approaching I will be spending more time outdoors doing yard work/gardening and bike riding for phisical activity.

I usually have at least 2 builds going on and rotate between them as one has parts drying then the other one gets work done. I’ve had as many as 5 going on at the same time.

I don't have any projects going at this time as 'going' would imply that I am actively working on something. I do have nine kits/subjects started with only progress on two of them so far in 2018. Thats just me - I am a slow modeler and would probably be considered more of a kit collector than modeler. That can change.

I do like reading about the subjects I am interested and even have a backlog of reference material waiting to be reviewed/read dating back to the AMPS national show in 2017.